Term: Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) - Westman Regional Laboratory Data

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2021-04-22

Definition:

The Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) - Westman Regional Laboratory data contains summary information on laboratory tests performed at the Westman lab located in Brandon, Manitoba. This includes chemistry, hematology and microbiology laboratory tests. The data includes basic patient demographics, collection information (e.g. date, location, the requesting lab), and type of test, test code, description and result.

For more information on Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) data, see the:

• Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) Data Description that contains a brief summary of the content of the data set and information on the Source Agency, Purpose, Years, Type, Size, Data Level, Components, Scope, Data Collection Method, Data Highlights, Data Cautions, Access Requirements, More Information, and Last Updated date;
  
  
• MCHP Metadata Repository - Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) - currently named Diagnostic Services Manitoba (DSM) - [Internal Access Only] - for technical and programming related information, including an Overview, Data Model, Data Quality, Data Dictionary, Documents and Reports, and Blog.

Related terms 

• Diagnostic Services Manitoba (DSM)
• Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS)
• Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) - Chemistry Data
• Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) - Hematology Data
• Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) - Immunology Data
• Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) - Microbiology Data

Links 

• MCHP Data Repository - Shared Health Diagnostic Services (SHDS) Data Description